Guide.



PATENTED APR. 30, 1907.

J. R. MITCHELL.

GUIDE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. s, 1907,

W yum-n Fo'c wank/wan attoznm o UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN R. MITCHELL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO MITCHELL-BISSELL 00., OENEW YORK, Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JEnsEY.

GUIDE.

No. 852,073. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented April 30, 1907. Application filed January 3, 1907. Serial No- 350,654.

To (1157/ whom it y concern! and in threading a yarn through the same it- Be it known that 1, JOHN R. MITCHELL, a is carried to a diagonal position soas to pass citizen of the United States, residing at New through the slot :1- into the opening y. So York, county of New York, State of New long as there is no extended lateral motion York, have invented certain new and useful imparted to the yarn it will be retained in Improvements in Guides, of which the folvertical position by the sides of the. opening lowing is a specification. (2 but if it is drawn forward the inclined face My invention relates to guides for guiding o of the finger toward which it is carried will thread, yarn etc. in spooling and other madeflect the yarn toward the opposite finger,

chines, and consists of a block having corand any}? further forward movement. will tain overlapping fingers with notches and lips carry the yarn into one or the other notch 11. and separated by a diagonal slot, as fully set so that it cannot possibly escape.

forth hereinafter and illustrated in the ac- It will be evident that the proportions of companying drawing in whichthe guide may be changed without departing Figure 1 is a plan of my improved guide; from the main features of my invention.

and Fig. 2, an end view. I claim- The guide consists of a block A adapted A guide consisting of a block having a verfor attachment to a metallic sup Ort B, as tical central opening, and a slot extending for instance a bar fitting a socket o the block in a diagonal direction from said opening to the latter preferably of porcelain or other the outer end of the guide forming overlapmaterial having a smooth polished surface. ping lingers, and a lip 2 on the inner part of The block is divided at the outer end by a each finger forming a notch 11 between the slot 90, extending in a diagonal direction and lip and the body of the iinger, as and for the leading back to an o ening "3 extending verpurpose set forth.

tically through the lock, thus forming two In testimony whereof I allix my signature fingers a, b, the forward ends of which overin presence of two witnesses. lfirlp laterally, and at the inner part of each JOHN R MITCHELL ger 1s a hp 2, fOIIIllIlQ with the other part of the finger a notch 11,, the two notches there- \Vitnesses: fore being in separated positions vertically. Josnrn MCGRAW,

The block is arranged horizontallyin use, FREEMAN (lass. 

